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Quality Assurance and Improvement in Healthcare
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:04
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VVDG_020 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Public Management | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Igors Trofimovs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basics of public health, basics of health care organization. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the study course is to gain an understanding of the principles and actions of health care quality management and control system. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The essence and content of the health care quality assurance system | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Quality assessment criteria and methodology | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Quality management tools | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Ensuring continuous quality improvement | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Accreditation standards for medical institutions | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Use of clinical guidelines, protocols, algorithms, descriptions of medical technologies and other methodological management documents for treatment | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Planning of practical actions in the field of patient safety and quality improvement | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with literature and study materials, systematic testing of knowledge and skills during classes. Development of tasks and independent work and presentation of results. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Systematic proof of knowledge and skills during lessons, development of practical work, successfully passed written exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of the study course acquisition, the student acquires basic knowledge that allows to set out, evaluate and apply the basic principles of health care quality assurance for the improvement of patient safety and the quality of services provided in a specific field of treatment. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student acquires the ability to briefly describe, analyze and develop the system's systemic activities in quality assurance, is able to determine the quality improvement measures of a specific field of treatment, using quality management tools. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The student will be able independently analyze information and show initiative in the application of health care quality management principles, addressing the improvement of health care services. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | John Ovretveit. Health Service Quality. An Introduction to Quality Methods for Health Services. Blackwell Science, 1992. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Charles D. Shaw, Isuf Kalo. A background for national quality policies in health systems. WHO, 2002. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Kvalitātes vadības sistēmu ieviešana uzņēmumos. Latvijas Standarts, 2003. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 5 | John Ovretveit. Health Service Quality. An Introduction to Quality Methods for Health Services. Blackwell Science, 1992. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Charles D. Shaw, Isuf Kalo. A background for national quality policies in health systems. WHO, 2002. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | elektroniskie informācijas resursi | ||||||||
